Atylotus fuscipes Ricardo 1908 - Identification

Taxonomy:
This species recently has been removed from synonymy with A. albipalpus and given full species status by Williams, K. & Snyman, L.P. 2023. In support of morphology: molecular analysis successfully delineates the Afrotropical genus Atylotus (Diptera: Tabanidae) into species. Acta Tropica 237.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001706X2200417X

Diagnosis (from: Williams KA, Smit A, Neves L, Snyman LP. Evaluating the morphological and molecular challenges in identifying the Afrotropical Atylotus species (Diptera: Tabanidae). Acta Tropica. 106262. PMID 34871565 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106262)
https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/83323/Williams_Evaluating_2022.pdf?sequence=1
The abdomen has two broad orange sublateral longitudinal stripes that end on the fifth tergite and a median black stripe without yellow hairs.

Original description by Ricardo:
Ricardo, G. 1908. Descriptions of thirty new species of Tabani from Africa and Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296032#page/368/mode/1up

Photos of holotype (NHM):
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea/resource/05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb?q=fuscipes&view_id=6ba121d1-da26-4ee1-81fa-7da11e68f68e&filters=typeStatus%3Aholotype%7Cfamily%3Atabanidae%7Cgenus%3Aatylotus&field=associatedMediaCount&value=
Also on GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1055700855

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68639648

Posted on 12 de julho de 2023, 09:25 AM by traianbertau